UHG second most overcrowded nationwide

From Galway Bay FM newsroom- UHG is the second most overcrowded hospital nationwide today.

There are 54 patients waiting in the emergency department at the city acute hospital.

University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 98 waiting.

The latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show 475 admitted patients were waiting for beds this morning.

381 patients are waiting in emergency departments, while 94 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.